CSI MCQ test 1

A written record of all people who have had possession of an item of evidence.

• Chain of Custody

• Trace Evidence

• Locard exchange

Any place where evidence maybe located to help explain events.

• Secondary Crime Scene

• Crime Scene

• Circumstantial evidence.

example of this evidence is an eye witness account of a crime, or a recording of the crime.

• Direct Evidence

• indirect evidence

• Circumstantial evidence

Small but measurable amounts of material found at a crime scene.

• trace evidence

• individual evidence

• Circumstantial evidence

The first officer arriving at a crime scene, after providing or obtaining medical assistance for the injured and effecting an arrest of suspects (if possible), should immediately:

• photograph the scene.

• search for evidence.

• make a rough sketch of the scene.

• secure the scene.

All evidence gathered at a crime scene must be

• labeled and documented

• analyzed in a scientific manner

• handled carefully so not to contaminate the specimen

• all of the above

The ability to establish the exact whereabouts of an item of evidence and under whose control it was from its collection at the crime scene to its presentation in the courtroom and everywhere in between is called

• chain of command

• record of evidence

• chain of custody

Which scientific principle is applied when analyzing the transfer of fibers between a suspect and a victim?

• Newton's Third Law

• Locard's Exchange Principle

• Law of Conservation of Mass

• Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle

What type of evidence is a fingerprint found at a crime scene considered?

• Circumstantial evidence

• Direct evidence

• Trace evidence

• Physical evidence

This person looks for leads and interviews the whitness

• Detective

• Medical examiner

• First responder